Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Woriu anu mdue money without kHpWluS
much about reading and spelling. The latest
| example isa well known Boston merchanJt
who, before setting out for Lowell, wrote iNs
his memorandum book, "Glt sum ShOr sox III
PECULIAR GENIUS advertises a new kim
| OF watch for "a society BELLE" Within the
case he has arranged receptacles for powder
pun. pencils for darkening the eyebro g..
rouge Tor The cheeks, and tiny mirror. in
order That the decorating may be done arts
| tlcally.
The fact that Piute Indian recently
brought two large sacks of goose feathers
| into virginia City, New, and sold them, in
| stead OF using them To decorate himself if
taken to show that the Indian is becnmil g
| civilized 1t also shows that he wants money
with which to buy whisky.
ONE of thirty four bulls that recently
stampeded in the City of Mexico is said tC
have rushed into a house. bursting oper
| doors, until he came to a room where a pretty
| girl had taken refuge in bed. He looked a
| h'r, snorted. switched his tail, and then
| packed out OF her room anu made of.
A LITTLE Philadelphia darky came into his
employers office the other morning grinnins
| from ear to ear. whats the matter?" was
asked. "A ge'mun in de seegar sto' dow n dc
street tux seegar box an done broke it al
over me head. Didn't hurt me none, any
| way, an he geb'd me ten cents not to cry"
QUEEN VICTORIA has promised to knight
| twenty-five Canadian Mayors in honor of her
| jubilee. All the ''honors" in the Dominion
| are now practicing imperious airs suitable to
| the dignity. As each Sir MAYORS vile viii
| become my ladv." the anxiety burning IN
! the hearts of scores of civil danes can veil be
| imagined
AT a recent wedding in New York the
| bride wore a dress more than a century old.
| 1t was made for her maternal great-grand-
mother in IT'S and worn at her wedding,
when Alexander Hamilton was grooms an
and Gen. w ashington and his staff were pres
ent as guests. 1t was worn for the second
time by the brides mother forty five years
ago.
IN speaking OF dueling The Saturday Re-
view says: "As to its morality and seemii
ness. it is better than the divorce court, and
less off ms We than the manners which allow
men to hrawl and hit each other in the PARK
or at theatres. 1t Is less dangerous than fox
hun'lng or Gov rt-shooting, snd, as far as
peril goes, alb nut on par with salmon fishing
in the lower Tweed"
MARKNEUKIRCHEN, little town in Saxony,
is the place where musical Instruments are
made, more especially violins, to which lat
ter 1t owes the name of "Saxon Cremona."
It's manufactures comprise nearly the whole
htld OF Instruments, such as guitars, flutes,
clarionettes. wind instruments lin brass and
German 81 verl. accordions, coucertlnas,
zithers. bass violins, violoncellos. etc.
A FAMILY in Nikolsburg. Austria, cele-
brated a curious ''b-metallic" wedding the
other day. On the same day a well-known
citizen of that town celebrated his golden
wedding, and his son-In-iaw. living In the
same house, celebrated his silver wedding.
The double event was made still more PIC
uresque by the marriage of the latter's
daughter in the midst of the festivities.
ONE Of the curiosites of Cayuga county, N.
=. is hotel built directly upon the dividing
line between two townships. 1t has been the
custom for many years for the manager to
shlft his bar from one end of the house to the
other, just according to the way the town
went on the excise question, and IN that way
he has managed to obtain a license, either in
one town or The other, most OF the time.
A PENNSYLVANIA FARMER near Phoenix
vile is waging a successful war on the ground
hog, which, as every farmer knows, do
much damage to meadows. His method is to
MI large beer or porter hottie with powder
letting fuse run through the cork. He then
places the bottle in the ground hogs hole,
with the fuse projecting outside, taking care
to pack the earth tightly at the mouth of the
h lie and close up firmly all other holes lead
ing TO the home OF the doomed animal. Then
the fuse is fired, and the result is that all the
ground hogs in the hole are killed by the con-
cussion.
The American Minister and Mrs. Phelps
remain at Monte Carlo. A London society
journal gives publicity to the azing state
intimation from the American government
that in the present condition of feeling in the
United States on the fishery question he would
better keep away from evees and drawing
rooms. This is pure Invention, as foolish as
1T Is baseless The American Minister went
to Monte Carlo, as stated at the time, because
physlcians ordered Mrs. Phelps abroad.
There was cause for anxiety but for Dru
dence; and her health has rapidly improved.
ACCORDING TO Mr.. Labouchere's Truth
Hia stU no Il inn Of ha
martyr to govt and rheumatism, and his
temper is not sweet. But the Princess ROYAL
Is an angelic child, and almost too good ana
intelligent for this world. She has wonderful
grace and charm, though giving no promise
OF beauty, and being deficient i'll healthy
color. The child is almost as fair and haxen-
haired as the late Prince Alexander who
was nearly an ablno. But a lovely spirit
brightens up the pa face and beams out in
her blue eyes. The King of the Belgiaps
wants to secure her for his nephew, but the
Dutch are not likely 10 suffer an engagement
which would bring the court of The Hague In
Intimate relations with that Of Brussels.
swEDEs MAN the Dauntless for exactly the
same reason that English sailors grow rarer
and more rare on the decks OF British ships.
Seafaring is the hardest life at which a man
earns his living. 1t was once well maid nv
comparison with land work. IL is not in
these days ~ floating tea kettles, and wber-
ever, as in this country, life is comfortable ON
lana. or IN England even tOleraDle, men Will
no longer 20 10 sea. So well Is this under
stood in England that 1T has come 10 be a prov
erb that no man VIII endure the hardshins
of the life unless he begins a. boy. and the
practical result is that seamen come more
and more from those countries in Europe
where life is hardest on land. sweden, Nor
way and Italy. with a steady increase of
Lascar, and other Asiatics.
Ex-Gov, CHARLES FOSTER, of Ohio. tells
the New York World d good story at his own
expense. In conversation during his last
visit to New York he said; "a few years ago
when | was Governor of Ohio had occasion
in the course OF a campaign to make q polit-
zeal speech in a small town near Columbus
The night was stormy one, but there was a
lar attendance and my remarks were well
received. couple of weeks later received
a letter from a woman stating that she ha
been very anxious TO hear me speak, 4
when spoke at - she decided to 90 to lhe
meeting, although the night was cold and
slormy and she was in delicate condition
Returning home with her husband she slipued
on piece OF ice, had a terrible fall ana An
unfortunate mishap IN consequence. She and
her husband both thought that il was made
acquainted with the fact that / would send
them n check to hep them out Well s.ut
"A check. but somehow the letter got out and
the 'boys' charged The poor weman's mlsfor-
tune to my speech and not to the fall"
A CURRENT ARTICLE on the su beet of tat
tooing says that in former times in the vicinity
OF Los Angeles, Cal, every chief caused the
tattooed marks npon his face to be repro
duIad unon lraea ar nOlpa CT hich i'm ~ t.,t ., n